Show THE ENGLISH WORKMEN I 1 john s describes ther their pitiable it Condi condition tien JOURN lorryn lor Ryu ILL the faist day dav fin and goue gone and tho the hedges and trees aie budding 1 forth while the crocuses and triin closes loses and daffodils are arc beginning ito to open their petals and I 1 dell woods and gloves are resounding with the singing of sweet voiced songsters song heralding in the loyous season of nature the spring lime of the year the past winter has hah been a long and severe one throughout england and the con coil I 1 of europe so hard indeed I 1 that old citizens haie called it in an arctic wint erthe seve se ventes rites of which have exceeded all winters ton fori twenty years past and consequently haa entailed untold want and I 1 upon the wait boiking king classes j I 1 and especially upon the class u who ho del depend add on out door labor for their 1 means s of subsist ance Inthe in the town I 1 I 1 of Bir alone there was nearly a famine at one stage of the past s season it was was said were ivere I 1 persons destitute who were t fd by c charitable b ari table means I 1 fl it kiich ich was i subscribed for liberally by the more i wealthy wealthy above from various burces was donated for the purpose of helping the poor u i aich was pre kraii e athy worthy on the part lat of the good citizens of that tha town in i many of the towns town of england laige crowds of unemployed men march through the streets be begging gln g now that spring is opening and trade is IC reviving lev ViViD iving about 0 operatives pera tives in the shoe trade cave have I 1 out on oil in leicestershire Leicester shire and other parts pans of the ilie labor question in this country is puzzling its wisest st statesmen in parliament and seems to he be growing I 1 in intricate propositions as aa the years roll round but a short time ago I 1 x was as remarking toa to a friend in regard to the unlimited quantity of timber there i is in england evera everywhere here I 1 i the traveller goes the 3 landscape is thickly studded mith and forests foi ests and was wondering W why by moie moi e of it was not utilized on sunday last fast a buni cane swept over Eri england gland with kith almost I 1 i cyclonic force and uprooted a vast amount of this timber blocking highway lanes and streets ant and byways by ways in the country and in the towns tami aud villages buildings throwing 1 ro eving do doa n others wreck inspires ing spires of churches and killing quite it a number of pei sons the I 1 oldest inhabitants state they never j witnessed uch fuch a gale in their lives one thing it will do it will find 1 employment for a large number of masons lumbermen L and laborers for months to come I 1 its an ill wind that blows no good these old H english cities are ge gen brally well governed and the educational ed n u cat ional interests of the people are looked after also free libraries and many other congeni conveniences bences are enjoyed by the public hut but the taxes are very numerous and the rates very high and so the ratepayer have to pay for all these pleasures I 1 and pa pastimes times and nearly all of thee cities carry enor enormous moui burdens of bonded indebtedness pride I 1 ant and popularity rule among th the anses and to a great extent among the leaders of the government the grippe has been running ram rampant pant throughout dai in during the past two months striking I 1 down statesmen lords earls dukes authors actors clergymen laymen and peasants in popular religion england has had a buom born in the file return of general booth of the salvation army and his triumphal reception which occurred at kebert hall london on ma march ach letb while toe humble mis Isio eion mies of the Lait Latt erday saints who bear the message of thelrue the true gospel of jesus christ are treated with contempt by those who are mislead by fane false religion and craft still god 6 utter latter day work goes onward onward 1123 new members memi liers have been added to the church during dueing the past year in the european mission islon 33 35 new members were added to the church in this dirril 19 ham conference during that time respectfully yours J jo 0 o |